Furniture-fasten ing



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No. 593,876. Patented Nov. 16, 1897..

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S.'J. DE LONG, H. B. PELTON & J. STEWART.

I FURNITURE FASTENING.

No. 593,876. Patented Nov. 16', 1897.

' adapted tosecure a post to the side and end will add strength anddurability to the article 5 tive view .of a right and left handfastening,

UNIT D STATES P TENT- Fries.

SAMUEL J. DE LONG, HENRY B. PELTON, AND JAMES STEWART, -OF Y GRANDRAPIDS, MICHIGAN. I

FURNITURE-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 593,876, dated November16, 1897.

Application filed February 10, 1897. Serial lilo-"622,838. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that we, SAMUEL J. DE LONG, HENRY B. PELTON, and JAMESSTEWART, citi- Zens of the United States, residing at the city of GrandRapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented acertain new and useful F urniture-Fastening,of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a new and improved fastening for furniture,and the same may be used in connection with tables, commodes, and allkinds of furniture and furniture-cases wherever it may be founddesirable to secure a post or leg to the side or end rails or to theside and end 'pieces of the article to which our invention may beapplied; and our invention is adapted for use in connection witharticles constructed ofwood, stone, and other materials.

The objects of our invention are, first, to furnish a cheap andconvenient fastening and one which can be readily and quickly applied,and, second, to produce a fastening which to which it is applied andwhich will not in any way mar its appearance. These objects weaccomplish by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 shows a plan view of a fastening pieces ofan article of furniture. Fig. 2 showsa modified form in which the angleof the post attachment is modified for the purpose of adapting the sameto a modified form of post. Fig. 3 shows a plan View of a furthermodified form of our improved fastening where the post is not placed atthe corner. Fig. 4 shows a corner-fastening for a leg or post, withmeans for attaching an inside supplementary rail or divider. Fig. 5 is aperspective view of the fastening shown in plan View by Fig. 4. Fig. 6is a perspective view of the fasten: ing shown in plan view by Fig. 2.Fig. 7 shows a plan View of the fastening shown by Fig. 1, with the postand side rails held in position by the fastener. Fig. 8 shows inperspective, with the side rails and posts in place, the fastenerillustrated by Figs. 1 and 3, respectively; and Fig. 9 shows aperspecwith side and end 'rail and supplementary rail, being the samefastening illustrated in Fig. 4.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The fastenings Vary in form, but all contain what we term a web adaptedto secure the postv or leg in position and a plurality of wings adaptedto secure in position the side and end pieces or side and end rails.

A A represent the web.

13 13 represent oppositely-projecting flanges on the end of each web,which flanges are adapted to engage with the corner-post and rails, asshown in Figs. 7, 8, and 9. These flanges may be placed at differentangles in order to adapt them to the peculiar post which is used, andwhen the post or leg is not placed at the corner of the article offurniture to which it is attached we use the form of web illustrated inFig. 3.

O O are wings projecting from the web and each provided with aflange orrib a, adapted to attach the side and end rails to the web, or, as inthe case shown in Fig. 3, to attach the leg to the rails when the sameis not placed at the corner of the table or other article of furniture.

P represents a post.

a a, &c., are ribs or lugs on the wings O 0, adapted to enter grooves inthe rails and to assist in securing the rails to the web.

I) is a supplementary rib .(shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 9)and is used onlyin connection with the form of fastening used to secure in position asupplementary rail or divider, as shown in Fig. 9. v

d is a horizontal flange connecting the wings and web. This horizontalflange may, however, be dispensed with in certain cases; but when ourfastening is used in connection with tables and similar articles offurniture work, but can also be used in what is known and calledknockdown construction.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim to have invented, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a fastening device, the combination of the angular web A, providedat each end with oppositelyprojecting flanges 13, said ilan es extendingoutward u )011 both sides of the web, wings O, projecting outward fromtwo sides of the web near the angular portion thereof, and ribs orlugson the wings adapted to engage with and secure the rail of a piece offurniture to the web, substantially as described.

2. In a fastening device, the combination of the web A, provided at itsfree ends with oppositely-disposed perpendicular flanges B, which extendoutward upon both sides of the web, and wings C, projecting outward fromtwo sides of the web, substantially as described.

The combination of a web provided with end flanges, wings as 0,extending out from the web and provided with ribs or lugs, a corner-postembraced by the web, side and end rails secured to the post by the weband win gs,a supplementary rib l), projecting outward from one of thesaid wings, and a supplemental rail 5, embraced at either end by thesaid supplementary rib and opposite wing, substantially as described.

4. In a f urnitiu'e-fastening, an angular web A, adapted to embrace acorner-post, wings 0, extending out from the web, and a supplementaryrib Z), projecting outward from one of said wings and arranged parallelwith the opposite wing, said rib and adjacent parallel wing beingarranged to embrace one end of a supplemental rail, substantially asdescribed.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals in thepresence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL J. DE LONG. [n s] HENRY B. PELTON. L. 5. JAMES STEWART. L. s]

Vitnesses:

EDWARD TAGGART, CHRISTOPHER IIONDELINK.

